Milwaukee gallery owner Faythe Levine and filmmaker Sam Macon traveled across the country to find and interview people who have apprenticed and perfected the craft of painting signs by hand, whether to promote the price of grapes at a local grocer or to create art.

WTMJ-TV won for TV station of the year, while WTMJ-AM won for news and talk radio station of the year. WLUM won for music station of the year. All won in the large-market category. | May 5, 2013»Read Full Article(8)

Coming from north by northwest, take I-794 to Howard Ave. Make two quick lefts and you've arrived at the St. Francis-based digs of Soulstice Theatre, home to a tiny, gutsy troupe which - when the stars align, as they often do - offers a night out that can rival much of what's available downtown, at half the price.

The constellation appearing on the Soulstice stage right now - in a production of Shelagh Stephenson's "The Memory of Water," under David Ferrie's direction - is definitely worth the trip. | May 5, 2013»Read Full Article

In the second act of Charles Ludlam's madcap "The Mystery of Irma Vep," now on stage at Next Act Theatre, a frightened Lady Enid (a cross-dressed John McGivern) turns to housekeeper Jane Twisden (a cross-dressed Norman Moses) and pines for the protective presence of Nicodemus, her faithful manservant.

With the twitch of a smile and a twinkle in his eye, Moses' ordinarily prim Jane make clear that calling Nicodemus on stage just then simply isn't possible. | May 5, 2013»Read Full Article(1)